{"id":2876,"date":"2023-05-06T05:52:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T05:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2023-05-06T05:52:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T05:52:53","slug":"saturday-fourth-week-of-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2876","title":{"rendered":"Saturday, Fourth Week of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Philip-said-\u2018Lord-let-us-see-the-Father-and-then-we-shall-be-satisfied.-Jesus-said-to-him-\u2018Have-I-been-with-you-all-this-time-Philip-and-you-still-do-not-know-me.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Philip-said-\u2018Lord-let-us-see-the-Father-and-then-we-shall-be-satisfied.-Jesus-said-to-him-\u2018Have-I-been-with-you-all-this-time-Philip-and-you-still-do-not-know-me-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2884\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John 14:7-14<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Philip said, \u2018Lord, let us see the Father and then we shall be satisfied.\u2019<br>Jesus said to him, \u2018Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can perhaps quite easily put ourselves in Philip&#8217;s position and hear these words addressed to ourselves. If I think back over all the overtly spiritual input I have had over the years it has been quite considerable. If I add to that all the sorrows, joys, and variety of human experience, then I have much draw upon. But do I really know Jesus? Like all relationships, there are times when I need to make more of a conscious effort. It takes time and a willingness to put that relationship first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am reminded again of my favourite verse from Godhead Here in Hiding:<br><br>I am not like Thomas, wounds I cannot see,<br>But I plainly call thee Lord and God as he:<br>This faith each day deeper be my holding of,<br>Daily make me harder hope and dearer love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each day we can take a small step closer in our relationship with Jesus. We may not even notice these small steps, these small in-breakings of grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look back over your week? Where were the moments of grace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@aaronburden?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Aaron Burden<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/lPCu8HnGU2E?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 14:7-14 Philip said, \u2018Lord, let us see the Father and then we shall be satisfied.\u2019Jesus said to him, \u2018Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? We can perhaps quite easily put ourselves in Philip&#8217;s position and hear these words addressed to ourselves. If I think &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/?p=2876\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Saturday, Fourth Week of Easter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monastic","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2885,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions\/2885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/turveyabbey.org.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}